Sarah Sutton
The 85-minute one-act play is rich and rewarding in so many ways; the characters are fascinating and the actors are extraordinary as directed by a marvelous director on a functional and inventive set. Read More
J. Peter Bergman - As good as the script is, the bulk of the awarding here must go to the director for directing this comedy romance in such a clever, swift, well-timed fashion. Read More
Dan Dwyer - In a quietly elegant revival at Williamstown Theatre Festival, director Gaye Taylor Upchurch and a phenomenal leading cast reveal how deep in its recesses the timelessness of the 1950 drama lies. Read More
David Noel Edwards - Beethoven suffered fools from time to time, but he wanted nothing to do with despotic megalomaniacs. Read More
J. Peter Bergman - Relatively unknown, the script is a challenge to the audience and, for the most part, that challenge was met by the opening night audience. Read More
J. Peter Bergman - The director has moved people through the sequences with appropriate shifts of energy and enthusiasm, but she has missed some of the most relevant options in this play. Read More
J. Peter Bergman - The more difficult musical numbers are in the first act so don't be dismayed if you don't like some of them, because the second half of the show will fill your ears and heart with pleasure. Read More
Rochelle O'Gorman - The selections this week are light, breezy, and humorous. Read More
Dan Dwyer - Many theater companies aspire to recreate faithfully AND freshly great American musicals but few achieve the drama and vitality that’s currently on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage. Read More
Andrew D. Blechman - As much as I enjoy the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, I occasionally crave opera, as well, and the Glimmerglass Festival is central New York’s answer to outdoor classical flair. Read More
David Noel Edwards - Widely recognized as one of Britain's most important contemporary composers, Oliver Knussen began his association with Tanglewood and the Tanglewood Music Center when he was 18 years old. Read More
J. Peter Bergman - The temptation after the show to dance your way to the parking lot is inescapable. There is so much embedded into the performances that only a director with a vision could have brought to the work. Read More
Dan Dwyer - Most acutely sensitive, though, and way ahead of its time, is the second-act speech Sherwood gives Mrs. Chisholm that proclaims a woman’s emancipation decades before the bra-burning ‘60s. Read More
J. Peter Bergman - In spite of so much talent, I was less moved, less involved and less interested in the Helmer household this time around. Read More
Ann St. Clair - When I had read the script, I noticed that it never referenced theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg or his uncertainty principle, yet its two characters lurch from one idea and one place to another with striking uncertainty. Read More
J. Peter Bergman - Director David Auburn has done some wonderful work with this play, and some unpleasant choices he has made pull the show down a group of levels. Read More
